Epic peals of piano, vast orchestral strings and ethereal female vocals intertwine with techno, house and IDM inflected percussion across each track. There are periods […]
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V/A :: Air Texture Volume II (Air Texture)
Steadily holding the course upon reaching cruising altitude, co-pilots Loscil and Irisarri curate with aplomb what is proving to be the prime showcase for new […]
V/A :: Lost in the Humming Air: Music Inspired by Harold Budd (Oktaf)
Lost in the Humming Air is a credit to the lasting debt these artists are due a pioneer in their field without being beholden to […]
Five questions for Home Normal
Ian Hawgood of Home Normal stopped by the virtual doors to respond to igloomag.com’s Five questions profile. Learn more about this multi-faceted, independent label as […]
V/A :: Air Texture Volume I (Air Texture)
Separately, two engulfing, flowing narratives. Perhaps Thomas’ is a shade darker, a bit nautical, while van Wey swoops over dry land through partly-cloudy skies. Presented […]
Bvdub :: I Remember (Translations of Mørketid) (Glacial Movements)
The sound apparently sweeping the new ambient nation is so anodyne; and that, unlike the likes of Lull or Aquadorsa, or indeed Netherworld, it chimes […]
Bvdub :: The Art of Dying Alone (Glacial Movements)
Predominantly beatless tracks consisting of recursive delicate motifs, lilting chord progressions build to soft climax in surges of layered and looped fragments: strings, vocals, piano, […]
Brock Van Wey and Quantec :: double review (echospace [detroit], Echocord)
(November 2009) By now SF mood-man Brock Van Wey will be familiar to many for his prodigious output as bvdub. At the deeper end of […]